by thetendingyear | Apr 23, 2018 | Chronic Pain, Mental Health, Mindfulness, Personal Development
I spend a lot of time in my head: reading, writing, revising, and thinking. Case in point: last weekend I woke my Sweetheart up at 4 a.m. by mumbling “Hmmm…Mhmm…” in my sleep because I had been working on my dissertation in my dream. If you’ve been reading since...
by thetendingyear | Apr 16, 2018 | Graduate School, Mindfulness, Productivity, Slow Living, Workaholism, Writing
When I was a teenager, I would write a poem in one sitting, always declaring it “done” after a few hours. I enjoyed then and still enjoy having something concrete to show for my work. Since then, I gathered many more tools that help me to envision writing poetry as a...
by thetendingyear | Apr 10, 2018 | Habit formation, Productivity, Time Management
This month is all about habits. Although it is easy to say, “I’m going to start doing X,” we all know it’s not that simple. This week’s post is an introduction to habits—I’m calling it Habits 101. Keep reading to learn what habits are, why certain habits are easier to...
by thetendingyear | Apr 2, 2018 | Mental Health, Mindfulness, Personal Development, Productivity, Time Management
Last week I focused my attention on focus itself. I was interested in figuring out how and why I allocated my time and energy in the ways that I did. I also wanted to see what was causing me to lose focus, and to see if I could identify any tools that might help me...
by thetendingyear | Mar 27, 2018 | Productivity, Project Management, Time Management, Workaholism
I’m focusing my March posts on Conscious Input and Output, and Week 13 is all about Perspective. I’ll be honest: I almost changed my topic halfway through last week to Stress, because I was under a lot of it! I’m going to offer a double whammy analysis of stress via...
